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And then this happened...

This weekend has marked the beginning of more than our first IVF cycle. I've had a few other discoveries and revelations that I'm pretty excited about! But first things first, we managed our first injection last night. Well, Chop was the inject-OR and I was the inject-EE. He was happy to do it, as he knew how freaked out I get with needles. We collected all the stuff together, and while I swabbed my belly with the alcoholic wipe, Chop screwed the needle onto the pen. I wound the pen up to the correct dosage (as he was unable to see the tiny numbers), and then I braced myself for what I imagined to be pain similar to standing on a thumb-tac (a horrible feeling if you've ever experienced it). Chop put his arm around me and calmly said that "it's going to be alright", and with his other hand he did the injection. I felt a tiny sting, and sat very still, and reminded myself to breathe when I realised that it barely hurt at all. It was over in 10 seconds. He gave me a kiss when I thanked him for being gentle. I promised to be brave for the next one and watch as he does my injection, so then I might be able to do it myself on Monday night.Here's a pic of all of the meds for this cycle. I'm very glad that we have pre-packaged pens which just require a new needle to be screwed on for each injection. Some of the pens have 3 doses in them.

For those of you who are wondering, here's the plan for my Antagonist Cycle:Days 2-8: PM FSH injections of 300mg of Gonal F (Sat 24th - Fri 29th June)Days 6-9: AM injections of Orgalutran (Wed 27th - Sat 30th June)Day 8: Blood Test and ultrasound to check on the progress of my follicles (Fri 29th June)Day 11-?: Depending on those tests, my HCG trigger shot will be 38 hours before the Egg Retrieval. Day ?: The first week of July will be my Egg Retrieval, and Chop's 'special delivery'Day ?: If all goes well, 5 days later we'll have a nice looking embryo to transfer into me... and then...The Two Week Wait. I think we'll know by about 20th July if we have been successful.

24th June 2012Before my 2nd needle...

OK, now onto something that has also completely changed our world... yesterday we became the proud owners of a pressure cooker (or as I like to call it, the magic cooker). This thing makes meals in minutes! I know it sounds kinda lame to be so excited about an appliance, but I can't help it - this thing is magic! It's winter here and I normally spend a few hours each weekend preparing a healthy soup that I can take to work for lunch each day. This magic machine can make soup in 6 minutes! Last nights' dinner only took 12 minutes to cook. It has completely rocked my world! So I better step down off my little box now and stop rambling on about a gadget.The other new beginning this weekend has been a new knitting project which I began yesterday for my sister. It'll be my third scarf, as I haven't yet branched out onto attempting anything else yet. So I am now claiming that scarfs are my "specialty"! I estimated to my sister that it should only take me about 3-4 weeks to complete, so by starting it on the same day as my IVF cycle it can give me something else to occupy my mind/ time and hopefully by the time I finish it, I'll know if I'm pregnant or not.*Update:We just did my 2nd shot, and I was not brave enough to watch! I'm such a wuss. We did this one on the opposite side of my belly button than last night, and I have to admit that it hurt this time. I went all dizzy when I looked at the needle, so Chop told me not to look. I felt the sting, and this time it stung the whole time and I swear I could feel the liquid coming through the needle. Afterwards I was so annoyed at myself for being so useless with needles. We checked the Calendar and think that Chop will be able to do all the shots for me. There is still time enough for me to become brave...I thought I'd finish today's post off with a little laugh which I've added to my Infertility Board on Pinterest.

Full Summary of this IVF/ICSI cycle can be found on the above Tab: IVF#1

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I love our pressure cooker too! I just wish it didn't take up so much space in our small kitchen.

And, you'll get better with the shots. Give yourself a little time. The thing is, there may be a day when you have to do it yourself, and you just will - because you have to. It won't be fun, but you'll do it. In the meantime, enjoy that you have another injector around to help!

oh so happy that your cycle has started! SOOOO exciting! And well done for being so brave about the needles. Sounds like Chop is doing an amazing job. Hang in there. It will get easier as you get more used to it!

You are doing great, keep it up! I am a complete control freak so the only injections DH gives is the progesterone shots. I love the fact of your husband holding you tight and reassuring you that everything will be okay. Sounds like you two have come so far within the last year and it is awesome! Good luck within the following weeks, you can do it!

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